Just like killing a divine child of the monarchs, it typically couldn't exterminate them entirely.
It could take a thousand years. Maybe ten thousand. But as long as the one doing the killing wasn't a monarch, it was just a reset. The same being would appear again eventually, born back into existence the moment the universe cycled around to it.
That was the basis of their operation.
Not permanent death.
Something else.
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The shuttle came in low and touched down beside the forest, sliding directly into a docking station cut into the earth. Clean landing. No fanfare.
Outside, a group was already waiting to receive them.
Victoria stood at the front.
"You guys did good."
She nodded, her eyes moving across the group before settling on the void coffin behind Enzo.
"These demons are bound to the source of the universe, so killing them is quite hard. At most you'd offset their birth by several thousands of years."
She turned and began walking. They followed.
